The creation of a common chassis pool by the port authorities for Georgia and South Carolina will go forward.
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Savannah Port Sets Container Record
The year has been another one for the record books at the Savannah ports.
July 26, 2018Motor Carriers Group Challenges California Law That Defines Independent Contractors
In a federal lawsuit filed July 19, the Western States Trucking Association alleges that the California Supreme Court’s new “ABC test” requirement for deciding if a contractor should be an employee “forces virtually all independent contractors to become employees to those they choose to contract or work with.”
July 26, 2018Traffic Jams Can’t Be Prevented, Says Washington State Transportation Chief
Highways won’t cure Washington state’s traffic woes and preventing congestion is impossible, said Roger Millar, head of the Washington state Department of Transportation.
July 25, 2018Mexico Is Said to Push for NAFTA Agreement by End of August
Mexico is redoubling its efforts to reach a NAFTA agreement with the U.S. and Canada by the end of August to increase certainty for investors and take the heat off incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to three people familiar with the negotiations.
July 23, 2018Capitol Agenda for the Week of July 23: Come for the Plan, Stay for the Hope
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says hope is not lost for an intrastructure plan. Here's a look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
July 23, 2018Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill Pushes Back on Privatizing Postal Service
Restructuring the federal government to make it more efficient and accountable is an idea Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she can get behind.
July 20, 2018Freight Trains Get Go-Ahead to Travel Closer to Light Rail Line in Minneapolis
A major roadblock in Minneapolis involving how its Southwest light rail and freight trains operate close to one another has been resolved, freeing local transit planners to apply for nearly $1 billion in federal funds to help pay for the project.
July 20, 2018Great Lakes Shipping Supports 237,00 Jobs, Study Finds
A new study found that Great Lakes shipping to ports such as the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago on the South Sides pumps $25.6 billion into the economy and supports 237,000 jobs, including 147,500 in the Midwest.
July 20, 2018Nation’s Ports Set Records, but Concerns Heighten Over Tariffs
Ports across the United States are reporting record volumes, but transportation officials are raising concern that economic tariffs being imposed against other countries by the Trump administration — and retaliatory efforts those nations are enacting in response — could affect the longer-term global trade outlook.
July 19, 2018